usn-4074-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-07-25 11:57
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
vlc vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that the VLC CAF demuxer incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted CAF file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-19857)

It was discovered that the VLC Matroska demuxer incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted MKV file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-12874)

It was discovered that the VLC MP4 demuxer incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted MP4 file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-13602)

It was discovered that the VLC AVI demuxer incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted AVI file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-5439)

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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that the VLC CAF demuxer incorrectly handled certain\nfiles. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted CAF file, a\nremote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a\ndenial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2018-19857)\n\nIt was discovered that the VLC Matroska demuxer incorrectly handled certain\nfiles. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted MKV file, a\nremote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a\ndenial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-12874)\n\nIt was discovered that the VLC MP4 demuxer incorrectly handled certain\nfiles. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted MP4 file, a\nremote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a\ndenial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-13602)\n\nIt was discovered that the VLC AVI demuxer incorrectly handled certain\nfiles. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted AVI file, a\nremote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a\ndenial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-5439)\n",
  "id": "USN-4074-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:24Z",
  "published": "2019-07-25T11:57:08Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4074-1"
    },
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19857"
    },
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-5439"
    },
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    },
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "vlc vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19857",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5439",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12874",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13602"
  ]
}



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